season's run to the Champions League semi-finals
after the Ligue 1 champions-elect were outclassed
by Juventus.
Dani Alves set up Gonzalo Higuain's first-leg
double before doing likewise for Mario Mandzukic
at Juventus Stadium on Tuesday and blasting in to
put the Italian champions four goals to the good by
half-time in the return fixture.
Kylian Mbappe became the youngest scorer in
Champions League semi-final history with a strike
after the break in Turin, but it was too little too
late.
Mbappe is just one of several young stars turning
heads for Monaco this season, along with the likes
of Bernardo Silva, Thomas Lemar and Tiemoue
Bakayoko, as the principality club close on the
league title.
Though next season's Monaco could have a
significantly different makeup to the current crop,
Falcao believes progress can be made and
highlighted the Italians' clinical edge as the
difference in the semi-final tie.
"They played really well and took their chances,"
Falcao told beIN Sports.
"We weren't clinical enough when we had
opportunities. We fought hard all season for
Monaco and for French football and we hope we'll
be better next season."
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